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Fire rips through Iraqi hospital COVID-19 ward, killing 64

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BAGHDAD - The death toll from a catastrophic blaze that erupted at a coronavirus hospital ward in southern Iraq the previous day rose to 64 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical officials said.Two health officials said more than 100 people were also injured in the fire that torched the coronavirus ward of al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in the city of Nasiriyah on Monday.Anguished relatives were still looking for traces of their loved ones on Tuesday morning, searching through the debris of charred blankets and belongings inside the torched remains of the ward.

A blackened skull of a deceased female patient from the ward was found.Many cried openly, their tears tinged with anger, blaming both the provincial government of Dhi Qar, where Nasiriyah is.

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